On a recent trip to Colorado I vowed to relax and really take a vacation—especially from shopping. I just moved into a new apartment in New York and left the place full of packed boxes so I had no business bringing anything back home. But on our way down the mountain to the Denver airport we stopped to kill some time at the Outlets at Siverthorne, where I popped into the J.Crew outlet store and walked out with these shorts for $4 (and no, one leg isn't longer than the other or anything like that). They were having a major summer clearance, so my shorts were now cheaper than a latte, a round-trip subway ride, or a small Pinkberry—the list goes on! I may have broke my vow, but at least I didn't break the bank doing it.